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as in possessive
intolerant of rivalry or unfaithfulness
a boyfriend who became jealous whenever she paid attention to anyone but him
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as in envious
having or showing mean resentment of another's possessions or advantages
was jealous of his friend's great popularity with the girls
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Recent Examples of jealous
This 1999 teen rom-com (named after the Britney Spears song) stars Melissa Joan Hart and Adrian Grenier as neighbors who pretend to date in order to make other people jealous.
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James Mercadante, EW.com, 17 May 2025
But the country that did the best with it—and which other countries were jealous of—was the United States.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 9 May 2025
The Combs defense team tried to paint Phillip as vindictive and jealous of Ventura Fine's relationship with the music mogul.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 14 May 2025
The film has enough shocking surprises to make M. Night Shyamalan jealous, but they’re all meticulously layered into the script and well earned; all of the twists grow organically out of the characters Mena has so carefully developed.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 14 May 2025
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James Mercadante, EW.com, 17 May 2025
But the country that did the best with it—and which other countries were jealous of—was the United States.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 9 May 2025
The Combs defense team tried to paint Phillip as vindictive and jealous of Ventura Fine's relationship with the music mogul.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 14 May 2025
The film has enough shocking surprises to make M. Night Shyamalan jealous, but they’re all meticulously layered into the script and well earned; all of the twists grow organically out of the characters Mena has so carefully developed.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jealous
Adjective
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The moon’s clash with Mars amplifies passions and possessive thoughts!—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
11 May 2025
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These include possessive apostrophes in clubs that are named after people or institutions — Newell’s Old Boys, for example, who got their name from Isaac Newell, an Englishman who was a pioneer of football in Argentina.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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But on his trip to the Middle East this week, the American president is sounding more than a little envious of his Arab hosts.—
Chris Megerian,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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The two strike up a bromance that then keels over to one side because Craig is socially inept and, in the end, envious, qualities that fuel inappropriate interactions that get ever more cringey after a disastrous bro-out session with Austin’s friends.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
13 May 2025
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Image Meet Me at the Crossroads by Megan Giddings The sudden appearance of seven mysterious doors across the world draws attention from religious sects, covetous billionaires and everyday people who speculate over what lies on the other side.—
Laura Thompson,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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His approach, on and off the pitch, has had a transformative effect and as Palace seek to secure him on a new contract, there have been covetous glances cast in his direction from clubs in the German Bundesliga.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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After dodging several audience questions about an Office reboot during his opening monologue-turned-Q&A, Carell started getting peppered with resentful recriminations from his own former costars.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
29 May 2025
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The complexities of her character mirrored in her stony, resentful stare, in her grim, unforgiving mouth, will always baffle and enthrall.—
E.R. Zarevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 May 2025
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Enhances visibility and control of network traffic and user activities and detects and blocks malicious activities.—
Mickey Singh,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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The malicious URLs outputted in the response are in clickable form, meaning all a user has to do is click one to be taken to a malicious site.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
23 May 2025
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“Jealous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jealous. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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